Easy Sausage Quiche

Course Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword easy-sausage-quiche, sausage-quiche-recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Resting Time 30

Total Time 55

Servings servings

Calories 427kcal

Author Melissa Sperka

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place pie shell on cookie sheet. Set aside.
In a non-stick skillet over medium high heat, cook the sausage until no pink remains.
Add the green onion and cook for 1 minute longer. Drain excess fat from pan.
Spread 1/2 sausage mixture in pie shell and sprinkle with 1/2 shredded cheese. Spread remaining sausage over cheese.
In a medium size mixing bowl whisk together the half and half, eggs, salt, pepper and mustard. Add a few dashes of hot sauce, if desired.
Pour the egg mixture evenly over the sausage filling. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Place into oven and bake for 45-50 minutes or until the center is set when gently shaken. Check at 30 minutes and lay a piece of aluminum foil on top to prevent over browning if needed.
Allow to rest for 15-30 minutes. Slice and serve warm.

- Half and Half - To make your own half and half you can use equal parts heavy cream and whole milk. In this recipe you would need 1/2 cup of each.

- Distribute the Egg Mixture Evenly - When pouring the egg custard on top, take a fork and gently move the sausage without misplacing it, to allow the eggs to filter down to the bottom of the ingredients. Don't stir, just gently move.

- Cheese - In this recipe, I am purposely keeping the ingredients simple using sharp cheddar cheese. Feel free to adapt using your favorite flavor of shredded cheese such as colby jack cheese, gruyere cheese, swiss cheese or spicy pepper jack cheese.

- Protein - You can omit the hot sauce and use spicy sausage in this quiche recipe. You could also use chicken sausage or turkey sausage.

- Veggies - You could add vegetables such as diced mushrooms, baby spinach or bell peppers to the sausage mixture.

- Blind Baking the Crust - I use a frozen pie crust for this recipe and have never found it necessary to thaw or blind bake the crust. If you use homemade pie dough, dock the bottom with a fork, cover with parchment paper and top with pie weights or beans. Blind bake for 8 minutes then proceed with the recipe as written.

- How to Serve Sausage Quiche - Quiche ranks quite high on our list for busy day meals. You may enjoy pairing it with my Easy Fruit Salad recipe or a Spinach Salad for breakfast, brunch or dinner.